Along the lines of just-in-case or emergency tools/supplies - What do you consider necessary or just nice to have?
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This might not be the intention of the question, but DASHCAM. If you don’t already have one, get one.
There’s so many good reasons to have one. DON’T get the cheapest $30 one you can find on eBay. It’s a safety device, so go with one that has video reviews and has been around for at least a few years.
Make sure it mentions using a super capacitor instead of a traditional battery. Batteries will swell and quickly lose life and even potentially kill the camera in the heat.
Get something at least 2K resolution to be able to read license plates at a reasonable distance and test it regularly. I’ve had a previous camera show that all that good and recording only to discover half the footage was being corrupted.
If your car allows for it, get one that has a built-in rear camera loop for rear-end accidents as well.
Here’s the brand I’ve been using for a couple years and have had excellent results: https://www.viofo.com/
Are recordings password protected?
Not on this one. The SD card is quick to access right on the side of the unit and isn’t encrypted. I never use the WiFi features, but since the supercap only has a few seconds of battery life and you’ll be a moving target for the WiFi signal, I can’t imagine there’d be too many people clever enough to steal things off it.
You could easily pop out the SD card every time you left the car.
Not ideal, but you could make the partition small so it only holds a few minutes of footage so all they get is footage from what happens during an accident or during a stop. I did some searching and it seems the only approach to “secure footage” is through 3rd-party apps which… you know…
